The Monitor from McAllen, Texas • 1

50 CENTS Serving the Rio Grande Valley Since 1909 SATURDAY OCTOBER 29 1994 THE MONITOR President salutes 1 1 Persian Gulf troops with Juan Alamo High and Edinburg I North tangled in Pharr for a See OX page 12A on Sunday 5 I 7 INSIDE SUNDAY PREVIEW TEENS SPORTS VAI I a SIAII IN(( RNATIONAI INDEX The Associated Press American soldiers Smashing pumpkins Crazy costumes It's no wonder teen agers love Halloween Area teens talk about trick or treating targeting mailboxes and other plans for Hell Night as The Monitor's Teen section makes its Saturday debut Page 1C MM5MKBK Amber Etnire Hidalgo County risk manager While the workers waded through oil slicks in the forest and tundra of Russia's ar North shoveling gallons of oil Russian officials rejected claims by Western officials that the oil spill from an old and leaky pipeline is an environmental catastrophe Estimates on the size of the spill which occurred about 6 miles south of the Arctic Circle vary widely Page 10A County asks for federal is highly unlikelythe county) will betfeclared a disaster area (The damage) is not minor to us but in the scheme of the world it is By DIANE JENNINGS The Drills News EDINBURG Officials here are iryiiig2lb' get Hidalgo County declared a disaster area afier tornado like winds and rain forced at least 56 fami lies from their homes Tuesday night But the severity of the Houston floods may over shadow the damage caused by the unexpected storm and officials are skeptical the county will land the designation be home by Christmas forget to do your Christ mas Clinton teased more than 1500 Americans at a dusty encampment known as Tacti cal Assembly Area Liberty 50 miles from the Iraqi border Military officials said however meted soldiers a sizable American presence would By LISA RICHWINE States News Service nopes were nn the line riday as several key football games unfolded Pharr San All three McAllen high school bands are in Calallen today competing In the area marching band contest The McAllen schools are among 32 bands from San Antonio to Rio Grande City participating in I today's contest at Calallen High School west of Corpus Christi The top three bands will advance to state level WASHINGTON Dallas Cowboys footba jssue Very fans in the Rio Grande Valley will be able to see their team on television for the happy aDOUl It next five years under a teaerai ruling an nounced riday The ederal Communications Commis sion granted the ox television network authority to transmit National ootball League games to three Mexican affiliates including XHOX in Reynosa Matamoros The official call letters are XHRTA TV THE MONITOR? McAllen Texas' a 'i Vol 86 No 118 40Paes A reedom Newspaper Of The Bovs: President Clinton talks See CLINTON page 5A riday atop a tank on the Iraq border in northern Kuwait Kingsville is a South Texas town Swith a traditional ranching fc heritage but it is no longer a hsimple rural outpost or Gov Ann Richards and other 8 Democrats the vote totals in Kleberg and other South Texas counties are no laughing matter ft Richards and Republican George Bush are locked in the tightest of races Without etrAnrf Qnnh Tavac mimhere 711 VI Ig VVMW I IMI I W) Richards may see the race slip away Coming Sunday DM CAnnAr Tort rwditlrian' Rnh Kn WittV a Child 1 See KRUEGER page 12A recently in BuruidL Krueger is the new US ambassador there i ift' compared with the heart 6f Africa where assassinaubnJ attempts are politics as'usual) A vear ieoi the first i democratically electfti Burundian By JOHN LORES The Monitor McALLEN Who is in charge of time? Einstein may have posed such a question before the magistrates of modem existence but an answer remains unclear Time neverthe less moves on And tonight time will once again be adjusted time to turn clocks 'back At 2 ajn Sunday Daylight Savings Time officially ends ad 2 am becomes I am TheCgpQd jsews time change means an extra hour of sleep And some club goers will squeeze in an cxtA hour of dancing and relaxing Other businesses will close when the clock strikes 2 am the first time going to dose at 2 tun JoeNufiez assistant man ager of Klub in McAllen said The US Coast Guard Station at "It is highly unlikely (the county) will bgrK declared a disas ter said Amber Etnire Hidalgo County risk manager dam age) is not minor to us but in the Scheme of the world it is she Juan Rosel county commissioner for Precinct 3 met with leaders of county agencies riday to assess area damage and send a letter to the ederal Emer gehey Management Agency asking for relief Hidalgo County suffered an estimated $38 million in' damages with 2000 houses damaged in some way by the storm county officials said At least 65 fami lies were temporarily forced out of their homes they said The storm hit hardest in western Hidalgo County where it caused an estimated $15 million in damages in the Alton area In McAllen city officials placed the figure at $22 million in damages to city busi ness and residential buildings Mission had about $30000 worth of damage county officials said Henry Cisneros secretary of Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday promised Section 8 emergency funds for storm victims to rent homes See STORM page 12A Joeksgo 7 back 1 hour By TERENCE HUNT The Associated Press DOHA Kuwait lanked by battle tanks in the desert President Clinton saluted American troops riday as "the steel in the that forced Iraq to retreat from Ku border To loud cheers he all but promised US ground forces be maintained to carry out "near An odd match pespiteirbniespTexan Kruegef roles as hew ambassador fo impoverished than the United States suffered in Vietnam! Those same recently waged a brutal civil war in neighboring Rwanda Even without violent conflict Burundi is no garden spot" Though physically beautifql it is one the poorest most densely 'nnnuLated countries in the world Average annual per capita income is just $205 The water is mosuy ri IITMiriRILaUICiMtU LUHVVtUVJOftJ such as telephones and indoor I plumping are wt a p'Uewhcre Shakespeare qvoting schoiars aid for storm Damage estimated at $38 million By CAITLIN RANCKE The Monitor possible playoff berth while Weslaco played host to Harlingen High in a District 32 5A matchup Page IB BUJUMBURA Burundi (AP) US Ambassador Bob Krueger was dining in (he lush tropical garden outside his new home when a rumble efupted jrf the distance he said matter of factly "Most you hear (hern noise he later discovered was an grenade attack ed i 1 Burundian politician'? Tn 1fntOMrc native TeXaS A politics are trough and tumble JJut likely to dwell But odd as it may a eenteel croquet 'match be Bob Krueger former US senator hu iuam Railroad commissioner and new US ambassador toJBumndi is in his element democratically elected Burundian ThiS morning during my president "was1 assassinated pi the period of meditation I thoughtresulting power struggle between how fortunate I am tpbe in a two ethnic groups the Hutus arid place like Burundi working for tne lutsts an esummou 1UVUW people 4 more casualties i Mexican ox affiliate wins OK meiif saying the" permission was great news that granted'SViththe condition that the Mexi nx Inndor a can stations' avoid electrical interference there 00 longer a statons No one at the aaenev was available riday for further comment ruling means more than 1 million alonn the US Mexico border will Adam Ware Jiaye access to live sports entertainment ox affiliate relations vice president atid public affairs broadcasts through Oc tober 1999 an CC official said great news that no pie other two affiliates that received a football issue' very happy about permission are XETV in Tijuana which it" said Adam Ware ox affiliate rela broadcasts in San Diego and XHNUL TV tions vice president The commission issued a brief' state See TIME CHANGE page 3: exercises even as ground troops are rotated home In a scene made for television Clinton spoke from a camouflage draped lectern on a platform sus pended between two MIA tanks their machine guns manned by hel One I okh i riiMWMr Wl' LWAV i 4 IMMITWE U4LL 4 4 TTlwW 'J Delcia LopezThe MonitjX GRACIAS POR ESPERAR Mexican balladeer Juan Gabriel gestures' to the audience titled Gracias Por Esperar (Thanks or Waiting) 45during his' before a packed house riday night at minutes late coming on stage The crowd wept berserk Greg's Ballroom in Mission Gabriel whose new album is when Gabriel finally pranced out riMriwl T7 I Hi I I ucLr I 1 i'l fl it I I IB McAaen I i i SUNDAY PREVIEW TEENS INT RNATIONAI INDEX 'EHBBIBBIHHBBHIHBHBHHBHHHBHBBBBIBBS" 'J Delcia LopezThe Monitor GRACIAS POR ESPERAR Mexican balladeer Juan Gabriel gestures' to the audience titled Gracias Por Esperar (Thanks or Waiting) 45during his' before a packed house riday night at minutes late coming on stage The crowd wept berserk Greg's Ballroom in Mission Gabriel whose new album is when Gabriel finally pranced out 1 I I.